Archibaldo Clara

Archibaldo Clara (24 July 1776-26 October 1849) was a colonel of the Spanish Army during the Peninsular War.

Biography
Clara was born in Valencia in 1776, and joined the Spanish Army in 1793 at the age of 17. He fought in northern Spain during the French Revolutionary Wars against France, and in 1808 he took command of a regiment of Cazadores de Catalunia. He fought in the Peninsular War against the French government that ruled over Spain, and in the aftermath of the war in 1814 he became a business owner. He died at the age of 73 in 1849.